LFS Today Jun 30, 2022

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LFS in the News

Jennifer Black co-wrote an op-ed about why B.C.’s next budget should support universal school food programs. Globe and Mail

Contribution Rate Changes to the Extraordinary Expense Fund (Policy FM7) Effective July 1, 2022

The Extraordinary Expense Fund (Policy FM7) was established to help researchers with grant- and contract-funded staff, faculty and postdoctoral fellows (PDFs) who receive funding directly from a source external to UBC, by providing a fund for uncustomary expenses not otherwise covered.

The fund provides reimbursement for extraordinary circumstances such as paid short-term sick leave, maternity, parental, and adoption leave. Severance or working notices are also eligible under certain criteria.

The fund is established through contributions of salary or earnings of grant- or contract-funded employees and are typically collected from grant and research accounts. A different approach is in place for PDF award recipients. As you will recall from previous years, contribution rates for Tri-Agency and non-Tri-Agency funds are calculated separately, and the proceeds placed in separate funds. Each year, the appropriateness of the contribution rates are evaluated, and the following rates will be effective July 1, 2022 to ensure the fund covers expected expenses:

Tri-Agency funds: 0.40% (decrease from 0.75% last year)

Non-Tri-Agency funds: 0.30% (decrease from 0.70% last year)

We will notify you each year of the contribution rates for the following fiscal year. For more information on the EEF, click here.

New UBC course – Positive Space: Foundations

The Positive Space: Foundations online course provides low-barrier access for students, staff, and faculty to learn about sex, sexuality, and gender diversity.

The understanding and knowledge of 2SLGBTQIA+ identities and communities has progressed since Positive Space was launched at UBC and the content in this module reflects the current UBC context. This updated course contains content broken down into different sections, including reflection activities, quizzes, and knowledge checks to support interactivity and learning. In addition to the content, resources and links provide options for deeper exploration.

Enroll

Events

July 5 – Dekaban Scholar Talk: University of Life Sciences in Lublin & Traditional and regional food products from Poland

Title: Bartosz Solowiej – Dekaban Foundation Scholar: University of Life Sciences in Lublin presentation + Traditional and regional food products from Poland.

Time: Tuesday, July 5th, 11:00-12:00.

Where: FNH 300

Speaker:

Bartosz Solowiej, Ph.D., D.Sc., Assoc. Prof.

Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation
University of Life Sciences in Lublin

July 20, Aug. 31, Sept. 2 – Workshops on decolonial and anti-racist approaches to wellbeing

Faculty and staff are invited to rethink and reimagine what wellbeing looks like in their personal and professional lives through a decolonial and anti-racist lens. These 2.5-hour sessions — held over three months and facilitated by one of Canada’s most influential speakers, Larissa Crawford from Future Ancestors — will help participants identify opportunities to advance anti-racism, decolonization, and Indigenization at UBC.

Dates:

• Wednesday, July 20 from 12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 31 from 12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 2 from 12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Please note, participants will need to commit to all three sessions and registration closes on July 20. Recordings will be available between sessions, but everyone who registers is expected to have participated in previous sessions. This allows the host to build on previous topics and facilitate a more relational dialogue on this meaningful and complex topic.

ASL Interpreters will be available for all three sessions.

Register

Deadlines

Nov. 15 – Fulbright Canada Research Chairs for 2023/24

Fulbright Canada Research Chairs are pre-arranged affiliations that allow scholars to conduct research/lecture on subjects important to that university. Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs can guest lecture in university courses, mentor students, lecture in public venues, network, and promote their research, while representing the Fulbright program, and their home and host institutions.

Applications will be accepted until November 15, 2022.

Eligibility requirements

• Be a CA citizen (Permanent residence is not sufficient)
• Hold a Ph.D., MFA, MPH, LLM or equivalent terminal degree
• Scholars at all levels are welcome to apply (tenure not required)
• NOT have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six years preceding the application deadline are ineligible.
• Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar award are eligible to apply for another award two years after the date of completion of the previous award.

Considering applying but need more information?

• Register for the Webinar “How to prepare a successful application for a Fulbright in The US” on September 28, 2022, at 2:30 PM EST
• Talk to Us and Clarify your Questions: Schedule a call via this link

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